Or the level of what Google, or the Internet, was at the beginning, before everything was paywalled.

Anyone trying to build a business around my needs will fail ;) What percent of the population researches topic for Medium? What percent of the population are independent developers? Very, very few.

The tech industry hasn't had a killer app in a decade at least. AI IS amazing. Don't get me wrong. But I don't see it making normal people money any more than Amazon's logistics systems make them money. It will only increase income inequality--the last thing society needs.